Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research
An increasing number of people use the Internet for Online Sexual Activities (OSA). This sexual revolution has resulted in both positive and negative aspects, enriching sexual functioning but also providing other risks for criminal, negative and harmful sexual conducts, or Online Sexual Problems (OS...
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| author | Stefano Eleuteri Francesca Tripodi Irene Petruccelli Roberta Rossi Chiara Simonelli |
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| description | An increasing number of people use the Internet for Online Sexual Activities (OSA). This sexual revolution has resulted in both positive and negative aspects, enriching sexual functioning but also providing other risks for criminal, negative and harmful sexual conducts, or Online Sexual Problems (OSP). A deeper understanding of Internet sexuality is therefore important for practitioners who work in the psychological and sexological fields. Current studies on Internet sexuality span a broad spectrum with respect to data collection: interviews, questionnaires, observations, content analyses and Internet log file recordings have all been used. The aim of this paper is to offer the most complete overview of these instruments focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of different tools currently available to assess different dimensions of OSA, and to suggest a simple screener for OSP. A systematic search of published online sexual activities inventories was performed using PsychInfo and Pubmed (1993 to July 2013). Although many of them are adequate for their own purposes, our review revealed a lack of standardized, internationally (culturally) accepted tools that are epidemiologically validated in general populations and that can be used to investigate OSA and to assess OSP. The definitions of OSA and OSP continue to change and basic tools are essential to have a broader idea of the phenomenon and of the challenges and possibilities emerging from the double link between the Internet and sexuality. More accurate instruments are also necessary to help advanced clinical diagnosis and treatment for OSP. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-244c9cc89479446393686a91ae4c4cd42024-03-23T13:15:34ZengMasaryk UniversityCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace1802-79622014-03-018110.5817/CP2014-1-2Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of researchStefano EleuteriFrancesca TripodiIrene PetruccelliRoberta RossiChiara SimonelliAn increasing number of people use the Internet for Online Sexual Activities (OSA). This sexual revolution has resulted in both positive and negative aspects, enriching sexual functioning but also providing other risks for criminal, negative and harmful sexual conducts, or Online Sexual Problems (OSP). A deeper understanding of Internet sexuality is therefore important for practitioners who work in the psychological and sexological fields. Current studies on Internet sexuality span a broad spectrum with respect to data collection: interviews, questionnaires, observations, content analyses and Internet log file recordings have all been used. The aim of this paper is to offer the most complete overview of these instruments focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of different tools currently available to assess different dimensions of OSA, and to suggest a simple screener for OSP. A systematic search of published online sexual activities inventories was performed using PsychInfo and Pubmed (1993 to July 2013). Although many of them are adequate for their own purposes, our review revealed a lack of standardized, internationally (culturally) accepted tools that are epidemiologically validated in general populations and that can be used to investigate OSA and to assess OSP. The definitions of OSA and OSP continue to change and basic tools are essential to have a broader idea of the phenomenon and of the challenges and possibilities emerging from the double link between the Internet and sexuality. More accurate instruments are also necessary to help advanced clinical diagnosis and treatment for OSP.https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4296self-report questionnairesscalesonline sexual activities (OSA)online sexual problems (OSP)internet sexuality |
| spellingShingle | Stefano Eleuteri Francesca Tripodi Irene Petruccelli Roberta Rossi Chiara Simonelli Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace self-report questionnaires scales online sexual activities (OSA) online sexual problems (OSP) internet sexuality |
| title | Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research |
| title_full | Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research |
| title_fullStr | Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research |
| title_short | Questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities: A review of 20 years of research |
| title_sort | questionnaires and scales for the evaluation of the online sexual activities a review of 20 years of research |
| topic | self-report questionnaires scales online sexual activities (OSA) online sexual problems (OSP) internet sexuality |
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